# Accident 19791121031069A: Piper PA38112, Aventon, NC, November 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Aventon, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1529° N, 77.9497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aventon, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1529&lon=-77.9497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9310T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9310T-1982-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FLJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791121031069A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT FLEW INTO A RADIO TOWER ADJACENT TO A STORE HE OWNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD80FLJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLJ05), Nov 21, 1979: Piper PA-38 (N9310T), Aventon, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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